PARTICIPANT KIT MARCH 14, 2018 NEW YORK COMBATING ONLINE SEX TRAFFICKING Confronting Challenges Forging Cooperation CONTENTS 1 SUMMARY 2 SPEAKERS 8 ALARMING SITUATION 12 LEGAL FRAMEWORK 16 TECHNOLOGY IMPACT 20 CALL FOR ACTION 22 ABOUT US 26 ANNEXES CONTENTS International Colloquium during the 62nd Session of the UNCSW Brings Together Key Players in the Global Fight against Online Sex Trafficking: policy makers, tech companies, law firms, law enforcement, business leaders, NGOs to Confront Challenges and Forge Cooperation WHO: François Delattre, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations; Per Anders Sunesson, Swedish Ambassador-at-Large for Combating Trafficking in Persons; Melanie Thompson, Survivor of internet-facilitated sex trafficking;Mary Mazzio, Producer and Director, “I am Jane Doe“; Cyrus Vance, New York County District Attorney; Monique Villa, CEO, Thomson Reuters Foundation; Yves Charpenel, Deputy State Prosecutor, the Supreme Court in France, and President, Scelles Foundation; Valiant Richey, Prosecutor, King County, Washington; Michael Karimian, Human Rights Program Manager, Microsoft; Angel Nguyen, Vice President of Compliance and Financial Crimes Solutions, Enigma. Bob Herbert, veteran journalist and former 1 New York Times columnist, will facilitate the discussion. KITPARTICIPANT - Combating OnlineNYC Sex 2018, Trafficking 14, -March WHAT: “Combating Online Sex Trafficking: Confronting Challenges, Forging Cooperation,” an international colloquium on the pervasiveness and harm of online sex trafficking and how to combat it. The panel will explore how technologies are diverted by traffickers to sexually exploit vulnerable human beings, primarily women and children; the best legislative, judicial and tech practices to raise awareness of, prevent, and curtail online sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation; the necessary commitment of tech companies; the need for public-private transnational cooperation strategies. WHERE: Proskauer’s New York City Offices 11 Times Square - 41st and 8th Avenue, New York, NY WHEN: Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. WHY: The fight against online sex trafficking is a fight against one of the most brutal forms of violence against women and girls and widespread international criminal activities. Since more than 50% of sex trafficking now takes place online, and since this part of the Internet will continue to increase, the global community must develop and implement more effective policies to combat internet sex trafficking and the criminal organizations behind it. That situation can be reversed by increasing the awareness and understanding of the nature and prevalence of online sex trafficking and of the harm it engenders, and by enlisting the engagement of all sectors of society. SPEAKERS A veteran journalist and author, Bob Herbert was an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times from 1993 until 2011, writing twice a week about politics, urban affairs and social trends. Prior to that he was a national correspondent for NBC News, where he reported regularly on The Today Show and NBC Nightly News. Previously, Mr. Herbert worked at The Daily News as a general assignment reporter, national correspondent, MODERATOR consumer affairs editor, city hall bureau chief and city editor, columnist and member mo of the Editorial Board. A founding panelist of Sunday Edition, a weekly discussion program on WCBS-TV, Mr. Herbert was also the host of Hotline, a weekly hour- long issues program on WNYC-TV. Mr. Herbert is the producer and director of the PBS documentary film, AGAINST ALL ODDS: The Fight for a Black Middle Class, the moderator of Bob Herbert’s OP-ED TV, a weekly interview program on CUNY-TV, and the author of LOSING OUR WAY: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America (Doubleday, 2014) and PROMISES BETRAYED: Waking Up from the American Dream” (Times Books, 2005). He has won numerous awards, including the Meyer Berger Award for coverage of New York City, the American Society of Newspaper Editors award for distinguished newspaper writing, the David Nyhan Prize from the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University for excellence in political reporting, and the Ridenhour Courage Prize for the “fearless articulation of unpopular truths.” SPEAKERS François Delattre was appointed Ambassador, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations on September 2, 2014, after serving as Ambassador of France to the United States in Washington DC (2011-2014), Ambassador of France to Canada in Ottawa (2008-2011), Consul General in New York (2004-2008), Press and Communications Director at the French Embassy in Washington, DC (1998-2002). François Delattre is a strong advocate of economic diplomacy, which he experienced in each of his diplomatic postings, starting with Bonn at the French Embassy in Germany (1989-1991), where he was in charge of assessing the economic impact of Germany’s re-unification and the environment. In France, François Delattre was responsible for European and trans-Atlantic defense and security matters and managing the Bosnian crisis as a member of President Jacques Chirac’s foreign policy team (1995-1998) after serving in the same capacity in the cabinet of Foreign Minister Alain Juppé (1993-1995). He also worked with the Strategic, Security and Disarmament Department of the French Foreign Ministry (1991-1993) and served as Deputy 3 Director of French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin’s Office (2002-2004). KITPARTICIPANT - Combating OnlineNYC Sex 2018, Trafficking 14, -March Per-Anders Sunesson has been working both in Sweden and internationally for more than 20 years with social and criminal policies, crime victims issues, children’s rights, legislation and welfare systems. The Swedish government appointed Mr. Sunesson Ambassador at Large for Combating Trafficking in Persons in May 2016. Prior to this, he held the position of Director General at The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, where he was in charge of the Division for Family and Social Services. Between 2009 and 2012, he was the director for the department supervising all healthcare institutions, healthcare personnel and social services in Sweden. An attorney, he has also worked at The Ministry of Justice. Monique Villa is CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Since her appointment in 2008, she has transformed the organisation, creating a number of high-impact programmes including TrustLaw, a global pro bono service, and Trust Conference, a fast- growing movement to fight slavery and empower women worldwide. Under Villa, the Thomson Reuters Foundation also covers the world’s under reported stories and offers training and media development to strengthen free media globally. Villa has been ranked among the world’s 100 most influential people in Business Ethics by Ethisphere since 2014. She received the Champions for Change Award in 2015 for her vision and effort in the fight against human trafficking and modern slavery, and was the recipient of ECPAT- USA’s inaugural Freedom Award in 2017 in recognition of her leadership in the fight to end child trafficking. Villa is also a Champion of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. 4 Melanie Thompson is a full-time college student majoring in social work. She works to raise awareness about the pervasiveness and harm of all forms of commercial sexual exploitation and advocates for changes in anti-trafficking law and policy with a wide range of abolitionist organizations including but not limited to: The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Sanctuary for Families, World Without Exploitation, the New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition (NYSATC), and Not On My Watch, Inc. Her tireless work to educate legislators and the public about child sex trafficking contributed significantly to the unanimous passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act by the New York State Legislature in 2015. A survivor of domestic sex trafficking, Ms. Thompson is still in the foster care system and draws on her PARTICIPANT KITPARTICIPANT - Combating OnlineNYC Sex 2018, Trafficking 14, -March experiences as a child and young adult to help others who have also experienced commercial sexual exploitation. Upon obtaining her LCSW degree, she hopes to open a non-profit organization assisting victims of human trafficking. Mary Mazzio, an award-winning documentary film director, Olympic athlete, and former law firm partner, is Founder and CEO of 50 Eggs, Inc., an independent film production company dedicated to making socially impactful films. Mary wrote, directed and produced the highly-acclaimed films, Underwater Dreams, TEN9EIGHT, The Apple Pushers, A Hero for Daisy, Contrarian, Apple Pie, and Lemonade Stories. Her newest documentary film, I AM JANE DOE, narrated by Academy Award nominee, Jessica Chastain, opened in select cities with AMC Theatres on February 10, 2017 and has become a driving force behind new anti-sex trafficking legislation in both the House and Senate. Called “a gripping legal thriller” (Esquire); “a powerful call to action” (The Los Angeles Times); “a viscerally emotional case” (The Washington Post); “especially impressive... a powerful piece of work” (Elle); “striking... powerful” (The Film Journal), I AM JANE DOE has captured not only the attention of film critics, but the popular press as well (e.g. The New Yorker, Esquire, Cosmo, Vogue, NBC Nightly News, a three-part story in People), providing a remarkable opportunity for culture shift, impact, and awareness, particularly with respect to